Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:13532

Info

Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13532
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 06 2005 12:00AM
Credit: James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.3
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.2
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.1
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PF2
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PF1
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PDR3
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 Alpha 3
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3.1 Final
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3 Final
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.2
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.2
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.1
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.0.1
Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.0
Not Vulnerable: Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.4

Discussion

Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Invision Power Board is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

This issue has been addressed in Invision Power Board version 2.0.4; earlier versions are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Invision Power Board version 2.0.4.


Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.0

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.0.1

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.1

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.1.2

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.2

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3 Final

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3

Invision Power Services Invision Board 1.3.1 Final

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PDR3

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PF1

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 PF2

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0 Alpha 3

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.1

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.2

Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.3

References

Invision Power Board Search.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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